Wellness While Walking
Are midlife metabolism changes making you feel like your body has new rules you don't understand? Struggling to find the consistency, motivation, and pain-free options to maintain your health after age 40, 50, 60 or beyond? Looking for a walking companion who truly understands your health challenges and helps you cut through the health information overwhelm to discover what actually works for your midlife body?
Join Health Coach Carolyn for Wellness While Walking—your 30-minute movement companion that delivers research-backed strategies for weight management, metabolic health, and extending your healthspan in a motivating, compassionate format!
Each episode addresses the real concerns you're facing: how to navigate shifts in your metabolism, establish sustainable habits despite busy schedules, adapt movement to work for you, and implement doable nutrition approaches that work with—not against—your changing body. Coach Carolyn combines the latest walking and health research with practical wisdom that acknowledges the unique challenges of midlife wellness.
Whether you're seeking accountability for consistent action, clarity on conflicting health advice, or gentle guidance for aging vibrantly, Wellness While Walking meets you where you are with understanding and actionable solutions.
By the end of each 30-minute episode, you'll feel physically energized, mentally renewed, and equipped with clear next steps—having moved, learned, laughed, and found the motivation to take the next meaningful step on your health journey!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 305
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
237. Walking and Weight Loss: It’s Complicated + Midyear Re-focus on Health Goals
“Walking the Weight Off” or “How to Walk for Weight Loss,” the headlines tease. Are they accurate or misleading? How can we walk to help us on our weight loss journey? And did you realize 2024 is hal…
236. Finding What Works in Walking: Nicole Luongo, Walker and Cerebral Palsy Advocate, on Designing Our Own Unique Approach to Movement
SUMMARY
Fellow walker and cerebral palsy advocate Nicole Luongo discusses her unique walking and exercise routine, and shares with us how she manages her goals and hurdles. After listening to Nicole,…
235. The Hospitality Hunt: Spotting the Signs of a Patient-Centric Practice with Dr. Michael Sonick
Hospitality isn’t just for restaurants any more! Dr. Michael Sonick joins us to discuss his new book about bringing the healing power of hospitality into dentist and doctor’s practices. What should w…
234. Your Mouth as a Mirror: What Your Teeth and Gum Health Can Mean for Overall Health, with Dr. Michael Sonick
From the secrets of tooth and gum care to all the ways getting it right can potentially impact our overall health, Dr. Michael Sonick will help us delve into this critical aspect of our wellness puzz…
233. Busy But Balanced: 2-Minute Mindfulness Minis + A Walking Meditation Revisited
Tiny sessions with big results might be our "way in" to meditation and mindfulness. Indeed, a small practice of it can be life-changing. Let’s dip our toes in the water together, learning about minis…
232. From Headaches to Hot Flashes: Can Acupuncture Can Help You Thrive in Midlife?
Got pain? Sleep issues? Menopausal symptoms? Ancient wisdom has made its way into many mainstream health and well-being practices. We’ll talk about one such practice – acupuncture – and will learn ab…
231. This Social Phenomenon is the New Smoking: Does It Apply to You and What to Do if it Does?
If I told you something that went unaddressed could affect our health as much as smoking would, I bet you’d want to know and then take action. Tune in today to learn what’s now being called “the new …
230. The Power of Hypnotherapy: Unlocking The Magical World Within All of Us, with Matan Cohen-Citron
If you’re thinking hypnosis is like that guy who swung a coin on a string back and forth and got people to do embarrassing stuff on stage, you must listen to this episode because there’s much more to…
229. Decluttering for Health + More Life Satisfaction!
When we’re living in a cluttered environment, how does that impact our health? Well, it DOES tend to affect our health and well-being and we’ll tackle that today, and we’ll also talk about the idea o…
228. Undernourished/Underveged + Is Bitter Better? + Eat the Rainbow!
Fight back against the food system that leaves us overfed and undernourished by embracing the powerful rainbow of produce! We’ll cover where to look for vegetables, and which ones pack a special phyt…
227. Supercharge Your Health: How's YOUR Veggie Daily Habit?
How’s your daily veggie tally? Vegetables aren’t always the first foods we see when we’re out and about in our busy lives, but today’s guest expert will help us track those veggies down so we can get…
226. Fighting Perfectionism, Building Systems to Manage Life, Moving Our Bodies + More Tools From the Toolkit of Diann Wingert, Coach and ADHD Expert
From fighting the effects of perfectionism to developing ways to fight decision fatigue to managing our focus, approaches to life with ADHD is our topic, and our guide is Diann Wingert, host of The D…
225. ADHD, Explained with Diann Wingert, Host of the Driven Woman Entrepreneur Podcast
Diann Wingert joins me today to discuss the in’s and out’s of ADHD. As a former psychotherapist who’s now a business coach, entrepreneur and podcast host and who has ADHD, Diann’s the perfect guide f…
224. Singing for Health: All Are Welcome, Reluctant Singers Included! With Guy Monroe
Singing can contribute to our physical health (hello and thanks, vagus nerve!), but today we’re chiming in on how using the instrument of our voices can impact other aspects of wellbeing. We’ll also …
223. Walking FAQs: How to Make Walking Stick? Does Walking Lead to Weight Loss? When Will I See Results from Walking? Happy National Walking Day!
In honor of National Walking Day – the day this episode drops – we’ll do an all-walking episode, where we'll answer the top questions about walking that we get! Whether you’re curious about establish…
222. Balancing News Information + Wellbeing with Julie Rose, host of Top of Mind With Julie Rose Podcast
Consuming the news incorrectly can be hazardous to your health, said no warning ever! But it can be true. So how to balance wanting to be informed while also protecting our well-being? Julie Rose, ho…
221. NEW Program Announcement!!! Plus the Potential Healthspan Benefits of Midlife
Do you believe life gets better with age? Well, that’s what the research tells us! So what can we expect to find as benefits of midlife? What tweaks can we make so we can enjoy these happiness and we…
220. Learning to Love Midlife with Chip Conley: How To Get Happier, Edit Our Lives, and Live With Vibrant Purpose
Are you in -- or approaching -- midlife? Forget the crisis! Embrace this time of epic self-acceptance, living with purpose, and benefiting from deep connections. You'll discover the joy of letting go…
219. Gut Check! 5 Ways to Heal the Digestive System (Even If We Have No GI Symptoms) with Margaret Floyd Barry
218. We’re Walking Food: What Food Sensitivities Mean to Our Gut and Overall Health, with Margaret Floyd Barry
We are what we eat, or what we assimilate! We’ll distinguish food sensitivities from food allergies and food intolerances, and then we’ll talk about testing for these sensitivities in order to achiev…